Browser issue

[Ardbeg... innit]

I have had a browser issue develop this year, and I am looking for some ideas.

On some sites, none of my browsers work properly. It only happens for specific webpages within particular site5 (I can name 5 specific webpages off hand, with many others Ive forgotten). Its repeatable. The symptoms are pretty consistent, it happens while loading the page banner following a web page that takes input information (like a reservation page), on both of my computers (one XP, one Vista), with add-ons available or turned off, with the firewall on or off...

* Firefox (screenshot below) either stops loading the page and indicates it is done loading OR it begins open new blank tabs as fast as possible (it usually crashes after several hundred tabs if I dont/can't interrupt it), this happens in either v3.0.13 or v3.5

* Internet Explorer is better behaved, it stops with an error screen indicating that there is either a connection problem or the web site is down

*Chrome indicates that the web site may be down or moved to a new address

Problem with the last two bits of info, Ann can access the sites from her office via a different ISP.

I am leaning towards it being an issue with my ISP, but would appreciate any ideas on other possible diagnostics to try before attempting their support crew.

ANY IDEAS? (Apologies for the image size, I couldnt make it much smaller and keep it legible)

BTW- this particular page is the reservations.uhaul.com/resweb01/?src=banner , the error occurs after entering information into the fields on this page and attempting to load the results page

[Robin Hood]

I would almost bet money that it is a code problem on the site itself not playing nice with something you have running in the background. Try starting in Safe Mode w/Networking and see what happens.

What kind of anti-virus are you running?
Are you running any kind of anti-advertising software?

I have seen issues like this with Norton before. Norton and McAffe seem to be the most problematic of all the "protection" software out there.

I switched from recommending AVG or Avast to an anti-virus called NOD32 made by a company called ESET.

[Ardbeg... innit]

RH, I tried booting into Safe Mode with no joy as the result.

I am running with Norton, but that coexisted for over 2 years on my XP computer and over 1 year on my Vista laptop without issue. I will start running down the update log to see if their might be a point where something was installed that might have created an issue, and their user support if others have this issue... BUT, in Safe Mode Norton was not even loaded, and I still have the same problem, so I dont think thats the issue.

In addition, Ann is able to view all of these pages at the university, and they are running Norton also.

No anti-advertising software running, expect the browser based pop-up blockers, but turning them off and allowing pop-ups doesnt ch-ch-change things

[Robin Hood]

Your version of Norton and what the college is running are two VERY different animals. I would almost bet money that Norton is the root of the problem, I have seen that shit cause so many problems on computers, not to mention that Norton is one of the biggest resource hogs out there.

As far as Safe Mode with Norton not loading still having issues, I have seen problems with Norton even in safe mode. Norton actually modifies the OS.

ANY software that requires you download a special tool to uninstall it from your computer, I have no use for.

[Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III]

Aug 10, 2009 7:52:02 GMT -6 Robin Hood said:

ANY software that requires you download a special tool to uninstall it from your computer, I have no use for.

Agreed!!

The last computer I bought came with Norton Security installed and running. I couldn't take a piss without permission and it SS-LL-OO-WW-EE=DD down my computer to a freekin' crawl.

I remember trying to individually delete all the Norton processes from running, but they would pop back up again. It was like playing wack-a-mole.

I finally found the "secret" removal tool and cleaned that shit off, never to run it again.

I was having problems with Rhonda's computer "seeing" my network printer and found she has Norton on her's as well. Deleted that crap and all worked well. Until recently when I had to delete my printer driver and reinstall it. All the other computers (all running XP) found the printer with no problem, but Rhonda's (running Vista) couldn't find the printer, blind as a fucking bat.

I saw the Norton had somehow gotten back on her computer. Apparently, Rhonda received a "renewal" offer and "upgraded," putting that piece of shit BACK on her computer. I was like, WTF??

I don't even want to deal with it anymore. I'd rather eat shit than fuck with Norton.

I mean, if you are a TOTAL DUMB FUCK and KNOW NOTHING ABOUT COMPUTERS, EMAIL, INTERNET or VIRUSES and at TOO FUCKING STUPID to know better than click on all those phishing emails, then you SHOULD NOT HAVE A FUCKING COMPUTER and ONLY FUCKING IDIOTS should use Norton.

That about clears that up. ;D ;D

[Ardbeg... innit]

Next time Bob.. just say whats on your mind ;D